Julie Ayers is a
normal fifteen year old living in the quiet town of Sunset, Ohio. Her world is
turned upside down by the arrival of the school’s new teacher, Marcus Campbell.

Marcus Campbell has a secret. He is a warrior from a medieval dimension searching
for the mythical "Heart"-a hero given to the people of Seras to rid
their world of impending evil. Marcus’s quest is challenged when he realizes
that the "Heart" is the vibrant teenage girl. Now, against his better
judgment, he must try convincing Julie to go to his world and begin preparation
to face whatever evil lies ahead.

Journey to Seras is the first book in
the five part The Heart of Seras
fantasy series. It begins the adventures of the two unlikely heroes as they
battle the dark forces of Seras.

EXCERPT

Five are the Elders with their gifts born in the black of
night.

Five are the Elder's gifts hidden to set Seras right.

Five Elders pitted beneath an angry sun.

Blood will flow. Flesh and blade become one.

The blood is given to ease time;

The breath known to free men's minds;

The bones to merge distance and space;

The body a destined warrior, the Solia Custor, out of place,

forged in battle with one true oath–

protect Tolth's final gift, the Heart of Seras, our final
hope."

~
Ancient Seras Prophecy

Prologue

"Why
did that naked man look at me like that?" Julie Ayers thought to herself.
At the time Julie was a thirteen-year old girl with vivid, curious, brown eyes
the color of honey with flecks of gold, wavy brown hair, and a round face. Her
friends would pick on her about how easy her creamy mocha skin easily tanned
when kissed by the summer sun.

"I'm
so glad we could have one day without cheerleading practice or basketball
camps," Julie's mother, Michelle, had said from the front seat of her
husband's newest purchase, a royal blue 1976 Chevy Nova.

"Me
too," Julie answered. She nudged her older brother, Patrick, with her
elbow. He was sitting quietly, listening to music through his earplugs, which
annoyed Julie.

She
began singing a song from the musical Oklahoma as she watched wave after wave
of cornfields that stood up on both sides of the road like a wall of skinny
green soldiers. Her mother joined in the show tune serenade.

"Dad!"
Julie reprimanded her father when he came to a stop sign and played with the
gas pedal just to hear the engine growl, distracting the mother-daughter duet.

"Phil,"
Julie's mother said, giving a disapproving stare.

"Sorry,
I couldn't help myself," he weakly defended himself with a hint of humor.

Steam
rose from the faded asphalt as the family outing continued toward the stone
pebbled bridge that crossed over Cedar Creek. Cedar Creek served as the
unofficial border to the western side of the town of Sunset, Ohio and wound its
way behind the school that also acquired its name.

"Oh
my god!" Julie screamed when a bright flash of light sent a crackle into
the air directly in front of them, and the image of a naked man appeared out of
nowhere on the edge of the bridge less than ten feet from the car.

Her
shaken father blasted his horn as he swerved dangerously to avoid hitting the
tall unkempt brown-haired man standing exposed on the side of the road. The
disoriented stranger paused briefly. Julie's first thought, "Gross!"
Then the unwelcomed visitor locked eyes with her, sending a wave of panic
through her young body.

"What
in the hell was that?" Julie's father shouted and jumped out of the driver
seat.

Julie
looked out of the passenger window to the tree line adjacent to the creek. The
man was gone.